Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Buy New

$25.17

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime.

Venture into the Unknown! A complete tour through the development and production of the Emmy-winning animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall, this volume contains hundreds of pieces of concept art and sketches, and a comprehensive look at the show’s breathtaking production art.

From the original Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody pilot, through each of the episodes, and beyond, take a strange and wonderful journey with Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice. Learn how the award-winning backgrounds were created, see animation storyboards, and even take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Mondo vinyl soundtrack and “For Sara” mix tape, as well as the ongoing Boom! Studios comics. Sean Edgar guides the tour, which includes commentary from creators Patrick McHale and Nick Cross.

“I’m so happy Sean and Dark Horse got this book to happen! It’s been really interesting going through all my old sketchbooks, notes, and file folders in search of lost bits and pieces from the show’s development,” said Patrick McHale. “This handsome volume will contain a nice mixture of beautiful drawings and paintings from the series, amusing anecdotes about the process, unseen and unused artwork that didn’t make the final cut, other mysterious odds and ends, and a whole lot of horrible ugly early development sketches that should inspire people to say, ‘Hey, I could do better than that!’”

"Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress"
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, and instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise. Learn more

Top customer reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

What a wonderful book! It is visually gorgeous and chock full of sketches, drawings, background & production art, and much more. Just turning the pages is a delightful experience, and put me into the captivating mood of the show.

I expected there to be a lot of amazing artwork in the book – and there is. In addition, the physical book itself is stunning, with many lovely small touches such as the intriguing endpapers (and of course, so much of what in between those endpapers is awe-inspiring). However I was surprised, and especially pleased, to find there was far more to read about how Over the Garden Wall came to be than I had hoped for.

The book is beautifully organized into chapters detailing all that went into making OTGW, as well as its pilot Tome of the Unknown. It was fascinating to read the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the entire creative process – in the words of creator Patrick McHale, as well as many others who worked on the show -- how the original idea was first conceived, and learn about all the steps it took to see it through to its completion.

I'm nuts for art books, especially Dark Horse Published art books as they always impress me with their quality. I pop my OtGW DVD in every October. It's become a tradition since it first aired in 2014 and serves as a much-needed pick-me-up, without fail, helping me to cope with the season change through sheer inspiration.

The book, itself, arrived promptly, in perfect, undamaged condition and I sat there for an hour marveling at the creators notes, drafts and lovely pictures. The printing is quality, revealing brilliant colors against deep, rich black. The binding was nice and sturdy, perfectly aligned.

If you are a fan of this awesome little miniseries, GET IT. It's a great price for the high quality and will feed that craving for new and interesting information about the production process.

It's such a great book with a ton of content in it. I love seeing the process of how Over the Garden Wall was made; it seriously gives you more appreciation for how the book turns out! And for those of you who are interested in more of the lore of the series, this book touches on that a little too. For example, they mention a detail in design of the burning tree from episode 4 that I never considered. They also show us what the Beast's legs look like...that page alone is worth the buy, lol!

If youre a fan or an artist, you may want to purchase this awesome art book from cartoon network original series : Over The Garden Wall. Not just for the art and its content , but to support the talented people behind the show. 👍🏻 really glad they released a book, hoping they could somehow produce an action figure/toy soon :-)

This is probably one of most highly detailed art books I have ever seen for a cartoon show, it has everything you could ever want. Its beautiful graphic art and production sequences add to the mysticality of Over the Garden Wall, and I highly recommend this to any collector of this wonderful series! <3

Got this for my teen son who is very much into free hand and computerized animation. He loved it! It was informative and interesting and he read it cover to cover over Christmas break. It's a nice addition to the animated episodes.